2007rif. 8086New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2007. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; purple and pink paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x2-1913pp. Signed by the author on a tipped-in preliminary leaf above his name and chop rubber-stamped in blue in. Tiny tear to upper front joint else very Near Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket priced $22.95. The Japanese author's eleventh novel originally published in Japan in 2004 under the title Afuta Daku. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
1935rif. 84758London: Chatto & Windus 1935. First English Language Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decorative element stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 314pp; photographic halftone frontispiece. Light sunning and rubbing to board edges with dampstains to spine ends and foxing to edges of textblock and interior; Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced 7s. 6d. net tanned with shelf-soil foxing chip to upper spine panel effect to title 1" tear to lower rear spine fold tiny chips and tears to extremities and tape mends to verso; Good. First published as Der Karren Traven's novel includes romance and is set in the tropics of Central America. 84758. Chatto & Windus unknown
1935rif. 84758London: Chatto & Windus 1935. First English Language Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; blue cloth-covered boards with titling and decorative element stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 314pp; photographic halftone frontispiece. Light sunning and rubbing to board edges with dampstains to spine ends and foxing to edges of textblock and interior; Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced 7s. 6d. net tanned with shelf-soil foxing chip to upper spine panel effect to title 1" tear to lower rear spine fold tiny chips and tears to extremities and tape mends to verso; Good. First published as Der Karren Traven's novel includes romance and is set in the tropics of Central America. 84758. Chatto & Windus unknown books
2004rif. 2083002115708811Iwanamishoten 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 223p Size: 31cm Number of books: 1 Iwanamishoten paperback
1882rif. 508566J. Dumaine 1882 in8. 1882. Broché. 20 livraisons en 20 volumes . Présence de tampons étiquettes et pages de bibliothèque militaire Reliure abimée Dos abimé L'intérieur est plutot bien conservé. Bord des pages bruni
1882rif. 508566J. Dumaine 1882. Etat Correct. in8. 1882. Broché. 20 livraisons en 20 volumes . Présence de tampons étiquettes et pages de bibliothèque militaire Reliure abimée Dos abimé L'intérieur est plutot bien conservé. Bord des pages bruni J. Dumaine unknown
1941rif. 2080502106908992Not Available 1941. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
2017rif. 132337Plains PA: Boss Dog Press 2017. paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. Boss Dog Press. 9" x 12". paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. 68 3 pages. Limited to 96 copies of which this is one of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Bone Folder is the fifth and most ambitious publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collins Der Pressbengel translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen the text is a dialog between a fictional bookbinder and his equally fictional patron with the goal of educating bibliophiles about the processes of hand bookbinding. The dialog is carried out over six days Monday through Saturday with a different subject each day. Monday covers forwarding; Tuesday is decorated papers leather and vellum; Wednesday paper case bindings; Thursday quarter leather bindings; Friday is full leather binding; Saturday describes gold tooling.The original edition was published in 1922 and has been reprinted in other languages; the first English translation was made available in the 2009 Guild of Book Workers Journal and also as a downloadable pdf from Peters Pressbengel Project blog. The text is augmented by a bio-bibliographical study of the history of the Collin family three generations of whom were bookbinders of significance in Germany from the mid-1800s to World War II. In addition the text is complemented by the inclusion of seven photographic images a frontispiece and an enlarged image of Ernst Collins handwritten signature. Boss Dog Press unknown
2017rif. 132337Plains PA: Boss Dog Press 2017. paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. Boss Dog Press. 9" x 12". paste-paper covered boards paper label on cover and spine slipcase. 68 3 pages. Limited to 96 copies of which this is one of 50 numbered and signed copies. The Bone Folder is the fifth and most ambitious publication of the Boss Dog Press. A letterpress edition of Ernst Collins Der Pressbengel translated from the original German by Peter D. Verheyen the text is a dialog between a fictional bookbinder and his equally fictional patron with the goal of educating bibliophiles about the processes of hand bookbinding. The dialog is carried out over six days Monday through Saturday with a different subject each day. Monday covers forwarding; Tuesday is decorated papers leather and vellum; Wednesday paper case bindings; Thursday quarter leather bindings; Friday is full leather binding; Saturday describes gold tooling.The original edition was published in 1922 and has been reprinted in other languages; the first English translation was made available in the 2009 Guild of Book Workers Journal and also as a downloadable pdf from Peters Pressbengel Project blog. The text is augmented by a bio-bibliographical study of the history of the Collin family three generations of whom were bookbinders of significance in Germany from the mid-1800s to World War II. In addition the text is complemented by the inclusion of seven photographic images a frontispiece and an enlarged image of Ernst Collins handwritten signature. Boss Dog Press unknown books
1993rif. b2045aTimber Press 1993. XII450 pages. New Hardcover. New DJ protected by transparent plastic. 7.2x9.9z1.5 in. be43 Timber Press hardcover
rif. 40504Paris Chez Couturier, Imprimeur-Libraire. Et chez l'Auteur 1787 in 8 (20,5x13) Les 12 tomes reliés en 6 volumes reliures plein veau havane de l'époque, dos lisses ornés de filets et de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison de cuir marron, portrait de Gustave III gravé en frontipice, VIII et 230 pages; [1]; IV et 295 pages; 286 pages; 214 pages; 262 pages;. 207 pages; 256 pages; 269 pages [1]; 253 pages; 260 pages; 254 pages; 258 pages [1], petit cachet ex-libris de M. le Marquis de Rochemore. Traduction en français par Cornélie-Pétronille-Bénédicte Wouters, dite baronne de Vassé, et sa soeur Marie Wouters. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. 40117Paris Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Editeurs 1856 in 12 (18,5x12) 1 volume reliure demi basane fauve, dos à nerfs soulignés de filets dorés et de filets à froid, XXXI et 330 pages et 1 feuillet non chiffré de table des matières, petite trace claire dans l'angle de la marge supérieure de la page de titre. Edition originale de la traduction française par Charles Baudelaire. Bel exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
rif. awd-1189Collage original signé au crayon en marge Claude Pélieu-Washburn. Un coucher de soleil onirico-publicitaire avec apparitions de croissants de lune dans un ciel de traine. Bel encadrement noir (20,5/27 cm).
rif. 056627Paris Typographie de Ambroise Firmin-Didot 1868-1879 1868 in 8 (22,5x15) 3 forts volumes reliures demi chagrin vert de l'époque, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons à froid (dos uniformément fanés), lettres JR dorées au en queue. Tome 1: CLXXXIVet 586 pages, avec une grande carte dépliante en couleurs et une planche gravée hors-texte (1868-1872). Tome 2: 716 pages (1873-1877). Tome 3: 718 pages et 4 cartes en couleurs in fine, et une table des matières des volumes (1877-1879). Edition bilingue: texte en grec avec en regard la traduction française établie par Ambroise Firmin Didot . Seconde édition bien complète en 3 volumes. Ensemble en bon état et exempt de rousseurs
1952rif. C103429London: Forge Press 1952. First Editions. Hardbacks. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions. Hardbacks. 7 'books' in 2 vols. Octavos. xxx 324; 325-621pp. Bound in later quarter leather over gilt marbled boards with gilt spine titles new endpapers. Covers and contents fine. No jackets. About fine. . Not conjuring! A cassic of occultism in a modern English translation by James Kirkup & Julian Shaw. Supplementary Articles by Mir Bashir Margery Lawrence & Julian Shaw. Newly Translated from the French with Additional Material by Modern Authorities. Edited and Revised by Ross Nichols. Emendations and notes by Charles R. Cammell Lewis Spence Gerald Yorke and Edward Whybrow. Forge Press, hardcover
1912rif. 76491London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday Page & Co. 1912. 8vo.Illustrated. First edition thus. xxx 224 pp. An unusual contemporary suede binding in dark green with yap edges gilt lettering to the spine & lettering and decoration to the front cover. Endpapers marbled and top edge gilt. With an introduction by G. K. Chesterton and numerous plates and in-text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Some bruising to the edges of the suede and darking at the spine and edges. With an ink ownership inscription to the first free endpaper date 1914 and foxing scattered throughout. A VG copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Aesop's moral tales. . Very Good. Suede. First Edition Thus. 1912. William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co. 1912 unknown
1759rif. 31317ABNebst Pindars erster Ode. Zürich, Gessner, 1759. 8°. 115 S., (1) S. (Druckfehler). Mit gest. Titelvignette (Porträt) und eine gest. Schlussvignette. Späterer Pappband.
1614rif. 30971614 Mise en François de l'Italien du Seigneur Matthieu-Marie Bayard, Comte de Scandian par M. Jacques Vincent. Dernière édition revue & diligemment expurgée des fautes qui sont passées aux précédentes impressions. Léon Savine, Lyon, 1614. Un volume in-8 pleine reliure pastiche, veau glacé, dos à nerfs orné de fleurons, pièce de titre maroquin rouge, plats à encadrement de filets, fleurons en coins, dentelles intérieures, tranches dorées, [1f.] blanc, page de titre, [11ff.] de table, 328 pages, [1f.] blanc.Une mouillure très claire en tête des premiers feuillets, bel exemplaire néanmoins.
1864rif. 980355Librairie Internationale. Very Good-. 1864. 1st Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. Ex-library with no external markings - internal bookplate stamped "Discarded" rear pocket removed and blindstamped on title page. Beautiful three-quarter leather bindings in red leather over red pebbled cloth. All edges marbled as are endpapers. Light rubbing to raised bands on spine and some wear to corners. Heavy bright gilt ornamentation to spines. Very good quality paper. Bound with two published volumes per bound volume. Published 1864 to 1869. NOTE - the complete set is 23 volumes lacks vols 2122 and Introduction. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Librairie Internationale hardcover
1961rif. 2092902137502283Tokyo tosho 1961. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: A5 size Number of books: 4 Tokyo tosho paperback
1925rif. 2091502135708008Chionin 1925. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Chionin paperback
1991rif. x-1851665692Kluwer Academic Pub 1991. Hardcover. New. 1074 pages. 9.21x6.14x2.19 inches. Kluwer Academic Pub hardcover
1980rif. KOS01600241Osaka book store 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. KOS01600241 Osaka book store paperback
1931rif. 059785New York: W W Norton 1931. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 114 Pp. 2 Pp Index At Rear. Brown Rough Cloth With Yellow Paper Labels On Spine And Front Cover Printed In Green And Black. Fine No Rubbing To Labels. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00 Wear Browning Small Losses At Corners. W W Norton hardcover
1612rif. V75588London: George Eld 1612. Softcover. Good. text woodcut foliated initial letters and headpieces. . sm.4to contemporary vellum blind ruled First 4 Leaves in Facsimile 135pp 134-189pp 183-190pp 1 170pp 30pp Some foxing and a few corner stains and damp staining towards the end of Part 2 while THE TROPHEIS sic has darker staining for 11 leaeves which becomes quite light to the end.The pages are well attached and without signs of handling.A translation of: Histoire de la mort de plorable de Henry IIII. With the inclusion of "A panegyre: containing the life and heroyck deeds of the most Christian King Henry the fourth" this is a caption title of a translation by Josuah Sylvester from an unknown source and it with a new pagination but a continuous signature. It also contains "The Tropheis of the life and trag die of the death of . Henry the Great . Translated . by Ios. Syl."=Josuah Sylvester in verse. [ George Eld] paperback
